Life's Price

A Danny Phantom/Full Metal Alchemist crossover

By

Jaybie Jarrett

Summary: When the rest of the Fenton family dies in a lab accident, Danny in a state of shock and despair until Vlad reveals that he's found a way to bring the dead back to life. But when Danny does something reckless he is pulled into another world.

A dark haired teenager measures a liter of chemicals and pours it in. He picks up a wrinkled piece of paper and looks over it. "I think that's everything" he says to himself checking off the last ingredient. His hands shook as he set it down and pulled himself up. Briefly something flashed through his mind. A kid his age adding the last touches to his own pile of human ingredients. Save for clothes and surroundings the kid looked exactly like him. He waved it off reminding himself he had enough to worry about.

With a deep breath he pulled out the box of his family's remains. His mother's Hazmat suit, his father's gloves, his sister's hair band, trying to hold back tears. He promised his sister he would fix this. Then he reached for a knife on the counter. The exchange, the part he'd been dreading. "Okay Fenton you can do this" he told himself holding the knife over his outstretched hand "It's a small price to pay to see them again." To see his mother smile at him or his father show him a new invention . He could finally say "Thank you" and apologize for all the times he took advantage of them.

With that thought he quickly brought the knife across his hand. He winced in pain and dropped the knife clutching his hand then, still biting his tongue to keep from making a noise he held the bleeding hand over the pile of ingredients waiting a good two minute. 'Equivalent Exchange' Vlad's notes had said. Then he stepped back and two rings formed around him and he transformed. He picked up a small weapon of the shelf, a ghost blade, and repeated the same routine. Only this time a green substance leaked out. Ectoplasm. "I don't think you should be doing this, Danny" a nervous voice said. "Daddy will be angry. He said to follow his orders"

"I don't care! I've read his notes everyday and watched him make those chimeras for weeks I'm sick of waiting!" Danny snapped "I want my family back and I don't want to take any chances" He clapped his hands and slapped them to the ground around the circle he had copied from the notes. It started to light up. "GIVE MY FAMILY BACK!" Danny yelled. As everything lit up Danny felt excitement and relief. He had done it! He was going to see his family again. But then something went wrong and a scream could be heard from the Colorado house.

Prologue

18 Years Ago

Vlad Masters made a face looking at the letter he had received. It was a wedding announcement from Jack Fenton and Maddie Fisher. He had a strange vision; a man looking similar to him slammed down a portrait of a couple. The couple looked very similar to Jack and Maddie. Vlad had seen glimpses of this man's life before; he had a scar on one side of his face and two mechanical legs. He heard a voice in the back of his head.

"It seems we suffer the same."

"I've finally gone mad. " Vlad thought "I should have known that blast would addle my brains. Damn you Jack!"

"I assure you you're not mad," the voice told him, "My world lies on the other side of The Gate. You remember the Gate yes?" Vlad shuddered remembering the haunting memory of that gate. "After that accident we gained a connection. I think that perhaps it happened at the gate"

"Your world? I find this hard to believe." Vlad scoffed to himself leaning against the counter, ripping the wedding announcement.

"Hard to believe? You are half ghost, half man. Where I'm from such a thing would be impossible, unheard of even. You are hardly one to speak of impossibility. "

"Touche'. " Vlad gave a sigh, tossing the pieces into his fireplace " Fine then what is your' world' like?"

"Hmph. I did not expect such skepticism from a man who tried to open a portal to a world of ghosts. Do you know of Alchemy? Here, it is commonplace. I am an Alchemist. My name is Dr. Vladimir Mahsterston. I work for the State as the Blood Alchemist due to my research on Red Water"

"Red Water?" Against his better judgment Vlad was intrigued. Something about the man's word's sounded familiar. He couldn't quite place it but he had a memory of water flowing through an underground tunnel. The word Alchemy and images of transmutation circles had been haunting his mind since the accident,

"Yes. Red water , one of the steps to creating a Philosopher's Stone. The Stone can do unbelievable things. And I believe that with this connection we can create one together. "